The goal of the ELSEWorks Entrepreneurship Program is to encourage and promote entrepreneurship and positive
social change in the community, state, and region.

ELSEWorks focuses on four areas: Academics, Business Development, Social Entrepreneurship,
and Commercialization.

The ELSEWorks team, composed of four faculty members and a Director of Business Analysts, have
more than 100 total years of diversified experience in business, finance, and marketing.
Team members are:

Academics

ELSEWorks provides students unparalleled opportunities working with faculty, alumni, and industry
experts to gain high-level entrepreneurial business experience in a number of settings
and to engage the community.

ELSEWorks and the Undergraduate Student

The Undergraduate Concentration in Entrepreneurship consists of a four-course sequence. It begins in the junior year with Innovation
and Entrepreneurial Finance and is followed by Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial
Investments in the senior year. Undergraduate students have the opportunity for entrepreneurship
internships and participation with the Entrepreneurial Investment Fund.

"My ELSEWorks internship challenged me in ways I could not have imagined. I served as a consultant
to a small business in Jackson—something unheard of for undergraduate students at
many colleges and universities." —Jennifer Goebel, BBA 2013

ELSEWorks and the Graduate Student

ELSEWorks Business Analysts are MBA and MAcc graduate students that have been chosen for select
assistantships. These assistantships have an additional stipend and allow the graduate
student to lead projects with startup companies and to be involved in other entrepreneurial
ventures.

A graduate entrepreneurship practicum is offered in both fall and spring semesters.
Students complete advanced business consulting projects for entrepreneurs and businesses.

"To be able to apply what I learned in the classroom, and see it contribute to Lucky
Town's success is incredibly exciting and fulfilling." —Victor Cobb, MBA 2014